Her boss shows up instead. Deaf, non-speaking heroine, thought to be mad. Arranged marriage to hot Scotsman. Plus-sized heroine bullied and mocked by her peers. Hero in love with another agrees to marry her for her reputation. Smart, feminist, sweet contemporary. Librarian heroine with disdain for love becomes an internet meme; hero is a journalist trying to set her up for a story.
Former gang member hero is just out of prison and trying to set himself straight. Heroine is the girl next door from his childhood. A beautiful romance about life and love and how they intersect. French heroine with abusive past is now chef at ski resort. Hunky owner wants to love her. Regency historical; Spinster heroine in disguise stumbles upon her family's mortal enemy and falls in love. Marquess and war hero returns home with PTSD and a need for funds. Courts scandalous heiress who steals his heart. Princess heroine has always loved her father's head guard. He finally finds he can't resist her.
Former military hero turned security expert hero finds heroine in a small town, the two are soon chasing a serial killer who is somehow connected to them. Heroine is left at the altar on television, and the cameraman who made sure the world saw it all becomes integral in her finding a new guy A beautiful, honest love story between two ordinary guys who feel like they don't fit Heroine is a Regency-era fixer -- Olivia Pope in a corset.
Hero is knocked for a loop when she arrives to solve a delicate matter involving his sister and a dead aristocrat. Plus-sized heroine horribly bullied in high school falls for her bully in college. You will feel everything while reading this. Stein is excellent at her job. Bollywood star causes a media ruckus and gets shipped off to a distant estate where she falls in love with a crusty, beastly hero. What's not to love? This sexy-contemporary is for pen-pal romance lovers out there She's a plus-sized veterinarian, and their letters are awesome.
Secret baby, second chance at love story.
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After their failed elopement, the hero heads to war and the heroine marries another; when she's widowed, she places an ad for a new husband--only to have her first love reappear. Two Regency Era spies married for work, and now she's looking for an annulment so she can marry for love. He's willing to give her what she wants Of course, they fall in love. First in a series of erotic contemporaries about Air Force fighter pilots and their fall into love.
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Each book features a different kink; explored with sexiness and emotion. Autistic heroine hires a male escort with an eye toward learning about sex and relationships.
They tumble into love. Shifter hero imprisoned by vampires for centuries finally escapes to find his fated mate is part vampire. The first in an unputdownable series. Stunning erotic historical debut with hints of gothic and modern. Heroine is a delightful botanist with no choice but to enter into a marriage of convenience with an alpha-submissive duke—who fears what will happen if she discovers his kink. Rich aristocrat and a thief-turned-investigator are an irresistible match in Regency London.
Heroine who has been personal assistant to her best friend hero decides she can't live with her unrequited love any longer and quits. Hero has other plans. Heroine with spinal cord injury, injured hockey-player hero. Gilded Age American-set novella. Hero is a millionaire president of a bank. Heroine is a perfume girl on the run. They are trapped in his private rail car for three days. Black suffragette heroine hiding her work from her family and friends meets hero working to enforce the 15th Amendment First in a contemporary duology.
Newly graduated heroine falls for a graduate student in the summer after college, then realizes love might not be possible between them. Beautiful, honest, sexy book. Second book How Not to Let Go required for happily ever after. Delicious secret billionaire story. Hero is sentenced to hours of community service at a non-profit run by the heroine.
She has no idea who he is. Paranormal vampire romance; dentist heroine, vampire hero who loses a fang. When hero needs a date to his ex's wedding, he's lucky enough to find one when he's stuck in an elevator with the heroine. The best romance novel ever written. Two bisexual ex-military heroes meet on Staten Island and fall for each other without expecting it.
The story of people trying to reconcile desire with responsibility. Professional city-girl dancer is paired with an Alaskan wilderness mountain man on a Dancing With the Stars-style show. Pygmalion retelling, catnip historical. NYC-set contemporary romance; chef hero, heroine trying to prove herself to her celebrity chef mom. The two open restaurant together, very sexy and fun.
One of the best historical romances ever written. Childhood friends to lovers. You want this one for the gelato. Sexy contemporary brainy heroine trades tutoring to a cocky hocky-playing hero for tips on landing the guy of her dreams, only to discover that he was right there all along. Personal chef to a rock band falls for studio musician with a devastating past.
A love story set against the backdrop of family responsibility and expectation. Set against backdrop of a rebuilding New Orleans. She loses of course , but wins the hero's heart in the balance. Lion-shifter hero, heroine is reluctant conduit for his magical energy. The story of fated mates gone wrong.
Erotic contemporary; heroine turning over bad girl leaf, damaged artist hero. Regency historical; hero responsible for cousin's infertility, agrees to impregnate cousin's wife and falls in love. Regency historical; If 50 Shades were published in the Regency, how would women respond? And what would men do? Hero falls for his best friend's sister, who has read the book. Regency historical; Wallflower heroine who is a rape survivor is stranded at an inn with the hero.
Five years later, a secret baby is revealed when Hamas kidnaps him. Four erotic historical novellas set in a Regency-Era Sex Club. Includes older maid finding her sexy self!
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New Orleans-set romantic suspense; heroine is suspect in TV evangelist murder. Heroine has one torrid night with stepbrother before running to Italy, love triangle develops with gorgeous Italian in the seminary. Delicious and sexy and very very old school. Hero loses his fiancee to her shenanigans, forces her to help him find a new wife. Journalist heroine, Arrogant hockey goalie hero. Second chance at love -- Heroine is a fence, hero is her first love, once accused of murder, now back to win her.
NYC-set contemporary, category romance. Bartender heroine loses apartment, must move in with sexy, amazing, single boss. Bodyguard romance in reverse. Heroine is a member of the Royal Guard, sent to retrieve a cocky prince on walkabout and bring him home to resume his duties. Secret identities and sexytimes. Heroine reunites with estranged mother, must face her past. Sexy local carpenter helps. They see through each other's secrets. Regency debut that harkens back to the heyday of historicals Four-volumes about young Ivy Leavold, who turns up at her cousin's home to find her dead, and her husband deeply compelling.
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Think sexy Jane Eyre. An unrequited love story set in the NBA, heroine is in an abusive relationship with a basketball player, loved from afar by one of his rivals. She survives, finds hope and love. American heroine with perfect life arrives in St. Petersburg to discover her dead father has left her a multimillion-dollar and a business arrangement with a billionaire French media mogul. Forthright mathematician heroine and a terribly handsome duke work together to unlock a cipher that promises wild riches.
Con artist heroine tries to game super broken Alpha billionaire hero who is instantly drawn to her. Delicious contemporary that is part billionaire romance, part motorcycle romance, and part best friend's older brother romance. Imagine if the XMen were less superhero-y and also sexy, broken men. Add in serial-killers and a heroine with a secret. When a small-town pastor and the owner of a sex-toy pavilion let sparks fly, they FLY. First in a delicious, catnippy series.
Second in a delightful erotic historical series -- hero is an Alpha submissive, heroine is the girl he loved madly but got away because he was afraid to tell her the truth. Virgin heroine hires a male escort to take her virginity. Intense and romantic and complex. Gothic Regency -- grave robbers sell the hero to the heroine's father for anatomy research, not realizing he's not actually dead he's actually a duke! Australian Rugby player and the sexy plus-sized heroine who wins his heart. He doesn't believe in commitment; she won't settle for anything less The first in my new Bareknuckle Bastards series -- complete with a cane sword-wielding rake, a lock picking wallflower, and smoking-hot smooching.
A food critic and a chef go head-to-head in New York City. Beautiful secondary love story, which arcs over the whole, delicious series. Delicious enemies to lovers romance -- hero has been dumped by his fiancee and is convinced her best friend is the reason why Incredibly intense erotic contemporary romance. Heroine is a senior in college, hero is a literature professor 10 years her senior.
This book will gut you. Sexy contemporary; first person hero POV. A broad, sweeping romance that harkens back to the epics of the 80s and 90s. Hero and heroine were childhood sweethearts before he had to escape the orphanage where they lived. He's back, trying to win her under a different name. New York-set paranormal; billionaire dragon shifter hero. Thief heroine steals one penny from his hoard. He tracks her down.
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Tremendously fun catnip sexy contemporary about an arrogant hero who's phone lands in a strange woman's possession. They begin a texting relationship. The whole troubleshooters series is fabulous, but this one is my favorite. Owner of personal-ad newspaper and a man looking for an eloped couple go searching together. Sexy, smart and incredibly scintillating.
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His ghost haunts him and they fall in love. Socially awkward graphic novelist heroine and her friend, a comic book store owner hero, who she is crushing on, have a drunken Vegas wedding. Contemporary romance; genius heroine desperate for a child seduces NFL quarterback and quickly discovers the mistake. Best bad sex ever. Heroine is an allergist, hero is a restauranteur who needs allergy shots to settle down with his on-again-off-again girlfriend.
Banana scene that wins everything. My favorite old school romance. Erotic contemporary; rape survivor heroine meets abuse survivor hero. Book 1 of 2. Fabulous, sweet new-adult friends-to-lovers. Of course, it's not that simple. David Beckett Goodreads Author. Christina Dodd Goodreads Author. Cecilia Grant Goodreads Author. Carolyn Jewel Goodreads Author.
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